penguin

You know, I've been thinking about that too! Seems like every spring my hands molt. I get itchy as hell fluid filled bumps that aren't really red, and then my skin peels and it's gone. I get it on the sides of my fingers and on my palms. I'm going to have to pay attention to that...

Well, they can't need that much for a biopsy, it's not like they peel all of your skin off

ConAgra will email you back with a CYA response, but they will clearly label any gluten containing ingredients.

I emailed them a while back (not about that product, but here's they're general statement):

"We do not have a gluten free list of our products available at this time.

The flour used in our products is often wheat flour and should be avoided

by individuals with gluten sensitivities. The modified food starch used

in our products is corn or potato starch unless otherwise stated on the

ingredient label. We always advise consumers who may have sensitivities

to recheck the ingredient list on each package. Products are oftentimes

reformulated and the ingredients may change. If you have a question

regarding a specific ingredient in a specific product, please let us know.

We would be happy to contact the supplier to determine if it contains an

ingredient of concern.

We appreciate the time you have taken to contact us and your interest in

our products. We hope this information is helpful in selecting our fine

products in the future."

sweedamickacanuckaho

Sweedish (dad)

Irish (mom)

French-Canadian (dad)

Native American (mom)

Blindingly pale, easily burned, redhead personality

Do I fit the profile, or what

I just got back from my appointment with the allergist. He didn't see a huge reason for me to be there, but could understand why I wanted to be allergy tested. He took the most comprehensive history than any other doctor I've had, and said my stomach problems likely started as a baby and the whole "nervous stomach" thing was an indicator of things to come. He didn't question the Celiac at all.

The man is pretty ancient, he got his MD in 1947, but he's on the board of the organization I work for, so I figured he'd be a decent guy.

He's doing RAST tests for foods, and he's not testing me for tree nuts, since it's an obvious allergy. If they make your mouth itch, you're allergic, don't eat them. He also pulled out this ANCIENT allergy reference and showed me why I had reactions to pecans, walnuts, and those, but not to almonds. I have reactions to filberts and chestnuts, but those are a different family. Almonds are in the peach family, not the nut family, so that's why I'm ok with them. Learn something new every day! It was actually really interesting.

He said that he could do all the RAST IgE testing he wants, but that the "proof is in the pudding", and diet is the only true way to see if there's an allergy.

He's going to do skin scratch tests for foods also, and toss in environmental offenders since they'll be scratching my skin anyway

Where am I finding these doctors with common sense? I'm two for two in this town!

Then again, I also haven't been looking for a gastro doc, there I would find the bozos!

I went to a diner I used to frequent pre-diagnosis yesterday morning with my best friend. I ordered a Lox and Onion Omelette and told the waitress no toast, no home fries.. and to just ask that he doesnt accidently plate it with any of those things.

I also had an iced coffee.

What do you think could have happened that gave me gluten symptoms? I'm not even a week into this new diet, so I'm sorry if I should already know.. I'm just searching for what I can eat and the proper way to order.

Thanks much for any words of advice/wisdom

1: they may put pancake batter in the omlette eggs. IHOP does this and some other diner type places started to, also.

2: they may cook eggs and pancakes on the same grill w/the same utensils, ask next time for them to use foil.

3: iced coffee may have had flavoring or malt that is suspect

4: milk somewhere could have bothered you

The home fries were probably ok, actually. Just ask if it's 100% potatoes (and onions?) with some oil.

He wants to know if he gets tested, do they give you drugs so you can eat wheat (normal?)

No, sadly. There is no antedote for gluten. It's an intolerance, and an autoimmune disorder. There is no cure and only one treatment, adherence to a gluten-free diet for life.

I don't eat the yogurts with too many live raw germs in them-they make me feel sick like I cought a stomach virus or something.I don't eat them.I avoid them but I do eat the store brand yogurts and La Yogurt.Oh and Activa -it's new They were half price at my local mart-so I tried them ,they're supposed to regulate your digestive tract and stay in the small intestine for days.

Sorry, this statement struck me as odd. Is the "live raw germs" a mental thing? Because the Activa you bought is chalk full of the "germs" you're talking about. Live cultures (good bacteria) are what make yogurt yogurt, and they're also found in your digestive tract. When you have D or are on antibiotics, the good bacteria get flushed out or killed. When you eat yogurt, it repopulates your digestive tract with those beneficial bacteria that help you digest food.

Activa is a marketing strategy by Dannon to sell more yogurt, all yogurt can help regulate your digestive tract. A lot of yogurts has the "bifidus" strain Dannon claims to have exclusively. They just patented the name on a very specific strain they cultured. It's also found naturally in the large intestine. It's like the bc pill seasonale, it was a ploy to sell more pills and have a new patent, because the patent on desogen ran out. Seasonale is just desogen packaged differently.

Hello

My name is Brenda.. My oldest daughter is in college.. one of her friends just found out she has Celiac.. My problem is .. I like to make goodie bags and baskets to send to her and her friends... what kind of chocolate and snacks can she have? I have looked online and I have only found recipes. I am looking mainly for stuff for her Easter Basket. Thanks in advance for any help. Brenda

I just wanted to say that that is an awesome thing for you to do for your daughter's friend. I think I would cry if one of my friend's mom's did that!

Does anyone, or their kids wear a medic alert bracelet stating they have Celiac disease or an intolerance to gluten?

I've seen some ads for them and I wonder if there is any reason for a Celiac to wear one. They're a lot prettier nowadays than the ones my sister had to wear for athsma.

My friend in childhood was allergic to milk, so she would eat her cereal with orange juice. Whenever milk seems to be bothering me, or I just plain don't want milk, I eat my cereal that way too!

Kraft mac and cheese (well, not any more, I guess I could use annies or something) with a can of drained tuna for "tuna cassarole"

Sorry you got glutened from Weggies

I'm terrified of the probable CC on the slicers, so I just buy oscar mayer deli meats.

A lot of the cheaper quality deli stuff is full of wheat fillers, like cheap bologna.

Either go prepackaged, or go to Wegmans really early in the morning before the rush.

I was talking to DH on the phone while I was at work, and he had just gotten the mail, and there was a package from Overstock.com. To my knowledge, I've never ordered anything from there. He asked if there was any way I could have accidentally ordered what appeared to be a book...

(yeah, I accidentially entered my billing, shipping, and credit card info )

So he opens the package and it's "gluten free baking" by Rebecca Reilly. So maybe I did order it on accident? The brain fog is a bear sometimes, but sheesh. There was no billing information or anything on the packing slip, just my name and address.

My first thought that it was either my mom or MIL, since they know I love baking. I called my mom and it wasn't her, so I called customer service and wouldn't you know...

...It was from my college roomate! I was shocked, especially since I just kind of mentioned the gluten-free thing in passing and anything else she got from my livejournal. I'm a bridesmaid in her wedding, so I thought it had something to do with that...

...no, she said she was just looking around overstock.com the other day and when she ran across this book she decided to get it for me

My friends are my angels

Lindt puts malt into almost, if not all of their chocolate. Beware of them. I like the endangered species chocolate.

What does everyone think about this???

I tend to believe him, because you do have to actually get the gluten into your intestines to do any damage. It's an intestinal reaction, not a topical one. You know how things like sea anenomes have little feelers and they shrink back when they're touched? Pretend the sea anenome is your villi, and that a hand is gluten. When gluten touches the villi, they shrink back. But the hand can touch all kinds of other things in the ocean without harming or affecting them.

I'm not sure that analogy made a whole lot of sense, but unless you're topically allergic to gluten, it shouldn't be a problem. My concern is that if my hair gel or something has gluten in it, and then I touch my hair and pick up my food, I might transfer gluten that way, so precautions are probably good.

Maybe you can ask your Kroger about maybe carrying it? Worth a shot, right?

I never thought I'd be a warewolf

Just say your sorry that you were grumpy that day

I always attributed it to the hypoglycemia, unless I've had a glass-in-the-stomach pain attack, then I blame that.

This thread is great.

I glutened myself (on purpose, I know ) on monday and I've barely been able to complete a sentence since!

Damn the fog! It's the first sign I have that I've been glutened. I feel stoned

I mean, it's a cheap and easy way without going to Amsterdam, I guess, but I'd rather not.

What an odd bunch we are.

Hey, only on a board that you can freely talk about poop can you talk about your Peep fetishes

That's really funny Dosen't everyone shop like that?? It doesn't sound like you've found the licorice gummy bears yet that say gluten free right on them I have a heck of a time getting out of the natural foods section There is just so much to check out and sooo little time

Oh, I saw the gummy bears, but my arms were full!

Nini, you've inspired me!

Tonight, I will be working like a mad scientist trying to raise my ranch chicken tenders up from the ashes!

***Lightning strike for dramatic effect****

All ranch powder is is spices and buttermilk, right? I'm going to try to find a gluten-free buttermilk powder, and then add typical ranch spices and some vitamin A or C powder for the acid vinegar would give...

Mwah ha ha...

To the laboratory!

(well, after I get off work anyway)

I haven't made this yet, but I was looking for a recipe to replace my tenders recipe that used crushed saltines and hidden valley ranch powder (not gluten-free, right?).

I'm going to make these soon, I've had a hankering for chicken tenders!

Thanks for sharing, Nini!

I'm convinced that I've been a mom since birth, I just haven't had a kid yet. My Mary Poppins purse has everything in it, brush ups, bandaids, wet naps, chocolate (blood sugar/mood boost), immodium ( ), tylenol...I like to be prepared, I'm a scout, after all

When putting a toddler to bed, I rub their back for a while and then quietly ask them if they're asleep. If the kid is under 5, they'll nod their head. This saved me while babysitting.

Little boys tend to like to kill things (poor daddy long legs, etc), and when I was a camp counselor in charge of the 8 year old boys, I told them that anything they killed, they had to eat. This included bugs, flowers, plants, but mosquitos were excluded. It worked beautifully.

Someone else mentioned stainless steel to get the onion/garlic smell off of your hands, lemon works also. After chopping jalepenos or other peppers, I always rub a half of a lemon or lime over my hands before washing them to neutralize the oil.

I have a lot of kitchen ones, but I don't think of them until someone points them out to me...

Probiotics and kefir. ;-) Most kefir's I've seen have more than 2 or 3 cultures. I believe Cascade Fresh had 4?

Cascade Fresh has a whopping EIGHT live cultures

I've had troublew with an inflamed stomach too this last summer and finally got an endoscopy. All doc said was yup, we don't know why the linning is inflamed. Don't take any more ibprofen and watch the acid foods. Well, ok, but it didn't solve it.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Sorry, it's just that we must have had the same gastroenterologist.

If the gluten-free thing is working for you, heck, just do it. It's just avoiding gluten, no harm there, it's not like we've all been prescribed drano or anything like that.

There are lots of people on here that don't have a dx, and it's working for them. The current tests are tricky and unreliable at best.